By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism The Wisconsin Federation of College Republicans made national news recently for taking an audacious stand: In a statement bashing President Barack Obama’s “nanny-state” climate-change initiatives, the state...
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Native American mascots shouldn’t cause offense
By PHYLLIS ECKERT | Elmhurst, Ill. I look forward each week to the "Backtalk" column — to a chuckle, a memory, a stirring of a bit of anger, but almost always a thought-provoking moment. This last week brought to mind feelings of a different sort. I am more than a bit...
Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club meeting to focus on human resource management
Contributed by VERNON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION At the Sept. 11 meeting of the Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club, Deborah Schultz will lead a discussion on human resource management for small businesses and start-ups. Schultz is director of Strategic Human...
Coulee Region needs to address heroin problem
By SANDRA McANANY Coon Rapids, Minn., and Norwalk taxpayer In 2009, heroin was almost unheard of in the Coulee Region. There were the rare cases, but most of us thought that this was a big-city type of drug and it could never be a problem here. Fast forward to today....
Letter to the Editor: Wang deserves credit for leading movement to revise dress code
By GERALDINE (WITHROW) ZITZMAN | Tomah Hats off to Jessica Wang for taking a stand on dress code in the Norwalk-Ontario-Wilton School District. Jessica deserves a lot of credit for trying to promote moral standards, self-worth and self-respect. This also is part of...
Letter to the Editor: Policy does make a difference
By CINTHIA DAVEY | Kendall I am sure you remember when our local area roads were filled with small family farms all up and down them in every direction. Hundreds if not thousands of families made a living off the land. What a wonderful way to raise a family. Policies...
I&E Club business-growth program is Aug. 14
The Vernon County Inventors and Entrepreneurs Club will offer a program, "Let's Grow Your Business, Not Kill It," at its meeting slated for Wednesday, Aug. 14. Kelton Greenway will lead a discussion regarding initial planning, measuring execution performance and...
Letter to the editor: Johnson responds to Muehlenkamp letter
By JAKE JOHNSON | Wilton In response to Mike Muehlenkamp's letter to the editor: I guess this is a new way to of telling people you have a problem with them. I'm home only on weekends, and that is to maintain my equipment. I just don't know how I would have time to...
Money & Politics: State gets passive as CWD spreads
By BILL LUEDERS Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism You can practically feel Patrick Durkin’s blood pressure rising, column after column. The Waupaca-based outdoor recreation writer has devoted more than a dozen of his weekly offerings since 2009 decrying...
